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When Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh announced that he would have quarterbacks Cade McNamara start Game 1 against Colorado State and J.J. McCarthy start Game 2 against Hawai’i, it was a decision that caught McNamara by surprise.
“I would definitely say it’s pretty unusual,” McNamara said following the Wolverines’ season-opening victory against the Rams. “It was kind of a thing I wasn’t expecting by the end of camp. I thought I had my best camp. I thought I put myself in a good position, and that was just the decision that coach went with.”